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Doc1763 said:
I'm with you on this. If we played the Scum in a Grand Final, I'd have to be placed in an induced coma until after the game, and only woken up if we won.
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Imagine the build up during finals?

It would be a living nightmare listening to their supporters for weeks.

It's bad enough when they win their June premiership.
 
NMBB said:
Those who do not have scars from attending the 1970 GF should state so at the beginning of their post - your post will be read but discounted by 66% due to lack of insight/ real world experience
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Fair, I would have attended.... but, it was tricky that year for me. I wasnt born yet.
 
ElliottsMaggies said:
Imagine the build up during finals?

It would be a living nightmare listening to their supporters for weeks.

It's bad enough when they win their June premiership.
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Got a friend who hates carlton more than most because he is the only collingwood fan in a family of carlton supporters, and he was like.. (in 2023) I would love to get carlton in the GF..
I'm like.. wtf. no way. Not only would this city not survive, but imagine if we were off and they beat us. AGAIN. Its not like we were the most dominant side, so I didn't trust that that possibility
 

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Jen2310 said:
Got a friend who hates carlton more than most because he is the only collingwood fan in a family of carlton supporters, and he was like.. (in 2023) I would love to get carlton in the GF..
I'm like.. wtf. no way. Not only would this city not survive, but imagine if we were off and they beat us. AGAIN. Its not like we were the most dominant side, so I didn't trust that that possibility
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They don't deserve any success or joy. That's the type of retribution I prefer for them beating us in GF's.

I want them to be the laughing stock of the comp. For decades & decades.

60-0 during the EF against Lions this year brought me to tears with happiness.
 
ElliottsMaggies said:
They don't deserve any success or joy. That's the type of retribution I prefer for them beating us in GF's.

I want them to be the laughing stock of the comp. For decades & decades.

60-0 during the EF against Lions this year brought me to tears with happiness.
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Collingwood has parked its plans to play a home game on the Gold Coast for next year as the Suns put up their hand to be a recipient of the expanded suite of Thursday night games.
The Pies had investigated the feasibility of moving a Marvel Stadium home clash to the Gold Coast next year in a move that would give them two weeks in the state in midwinter.

Collingwood would have hosted a Victorian club and also played an away contest against the Gold Coast in that time up north.

But the price of compensating the AFL for moving a game from Marvel Stadium would have been steep as rival clubs including Carlton and Essendon also seek to play extra games at the MCG.

The Pies are now open to being part of the Opening Round fixture which will continue next year in a largely unchanged format after at one stage suggesting it would be overly taxing on their early-season fixture.

Gold Coast has asked for four more big-drawing games against quality opponents in the school holidays period to maximise their fixture, which also includes two games in Darwin.

The Suns were able to sell out games against Brisbane, Essendon, Richmond and Collingwood last year.
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One day people will realise a "true" key forward doesn't appear to be something we're overly interested in and clearly don't really need?

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The way we play obviously doesn't require one

What our forward line does have in 2025 is 6 players you can't really leave alone?

McStay, Mihocek, Membrey, Hill, Elliott and (even) Schultz are all players you sort of have to worry about. Any one of them on any given day could kick 4 or 5 on you. We also have genuine goal kicking mids as well.

Our issue has never really been scoring or efficiency when going forward.

Our issue in the forward has been more keeping the ball in the forward line, which is partly what Schultz was brought in to help address. We also have a problem getting out of our backline cleanly, which is what Houston was brought in for and we also have a problem getting smashed in the middle. Which is what Perryman was brought in to try and help alleviate alongside hopefully Mitchell being injury free next year.
 

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Cousin of Daicos said:
Our issue in the forward has been more keeping the ball in the forward line, which is partly what Schultz was brought in to help address.
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Behind Schultz and McCreery, Tim Membrey would've been 3rd on our team with the number of I50 tackles he had last year. It's part of the plan for him.
 
Vinnie Vegas said:
Behind Schultz and McCreery, Tim Membrey would've been 3rd on our team with the number of I50 tackles he had last year. It's part of the plan for him.
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I'm beginning to envisage him as more than depth and pushing Elliott higher up the ground in a role where he doesn't have to pretend he's 6 foot 3.
 
sr36 said:
I'm beginning to envisage him as more than depth and pushing Elliott higher up the ground in a role where he doesn't have to pretend he's 6 foot 3.
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if IF if all of Cox (5 f/time on bench), Checkers, McStay, and Membrey stay fit, it does take the onus off guys like WHE and Elliott having to play 2nd /3rd tall in the forward line. Allows them to move further up the ground and play more transition roles whilst still using their obvious weapon in the air to advantage.

Also means there'll be more competition for Lippa's role as a forward, amongst others ..but i always find the discussion about best 23 a bit fraught, cos the best & available (at any point in time) is a far different proposition ..
 
sam_e said:
if IF if all of Cox (5 f/time on bench), Checkers, McStay, and Membrey stay fit, it does take the onus off guys like WHE and Elliott having to play 2nd /3rd tall in the forward line. Allows them to move further up the ground and play more transition roles whilst still using their obvious weapon in the air to advantage.

Also means there'll be more competition for Lippa's role as a forward, amongst others ..but i always find the discussion about best 23 a bit fraught, cos the best & available (at any point in time) is a far different proposition ..
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Yep. Availability makes best 22 and ideal role conversations a bit pointless, but also emphasises why depth and flexibility is so important.
 
TradeDraft said:
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Great stuff Dave. The legend is there (Bob Rose) firing off handballs, Pricey running the outer steps and I reckon that might have been Peter Patterson in the marking duals. Funniest thing was Wayne Richardson (a beautiful kick on either side of the body and a seriously talented footballer all up) being "shown" how to do a drop punt!!! Richardson could perform dropkicks on both legs so a simple drop punt was a soda for him!
 
Cousin of Daicos said:
One day people will realise a "true" key forward doesn't appear to be something we're overly interested in and clearly don't really need?

www.sen.com.au

Will they improve? Will they regress? The big questions facing Collingwood in 2025

How things may shape up for the Magpies in 2025.
www.sen.com.au www.sen.com.au

The way we play obviously doesn't require one

What our forward line does have in 2025 is 6 players you can't really leave alone?

McStay, Mihocek, Membrey, Hill, Elliott and (even) Schultz are all players you sort of have to worry about. Any one of them on any given day could kick 4 or 5 on you. We also have genuine goal kicking mids as well.

Our issue has never really been scoring or efficiency when going forward.

Our issue in the forward has been more keeping the ball in the forward line, which is partly what Schultz was brought in to help address. We also have a problem getting out of our backline cleanly, which is what Houston was brought in for and we also have a problem getting smashed in the middle. Which is what Perryman was brought in to try and help alleviate alongside hopefully Mitchell being injury free next year.
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Geez with all those problems, I wonder how we ever won a flag 14 months ago....let alone won 12 games this year??
You don't reckon a few "well placed injuries" might have assisted those key problems do ya?

BTW I concur that Houston and Perryman will assist us this year but since Shoota kicked 20+ goals in a down year I reckon potting him is a bit ordinary. There's probably stats to say I'm mistaken here but I would have thought a forward line that has McCreery, Schultz, Hill and Elliot or WHE in it is pretty hard to rush out of....the problem this year was that for much of it WHE was our KEY forward...we simply had no talls for oppo sides to worry about. This year we will....look out.

To my mind having a fit Mitchell, JDG, and an emerging Allan will help the mids situation (as too will Perryman) whilst Houston will solve the kick in dilemma and give more general grunt to the backs AND assist our ball movement from defence also (he's a BIG IN for us).

We've hardly ever seen a forward set up with McStay and Checkers in together, though they did alright the last few weeks of 2023 till the PF.

We do have key forwards, they just haven't been on the park much in the last year.
 
Robroy22 said:
Great stuff Dave. The legend is there (Bob Rose) firing off handballs, Pricey running the outer steps and I reckon that might have been Peter Patterson in the marking duals. Funniest thing was Wayne Richardson (a beautiful kick on either side of the body and a seriously talented footballer all up) being "shown" how to do a drop punt!!! Richardson could perform dropkicks on both legs so a simple drop punt was a soda for him!
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I was under the impression that drop punts tended to be just used for stab passes in that era? Might have been trying to transition them away from drop kicks and torps?
 
sr36 said:
I was under the impression that drop punts tended to be just used for stab passes in that era? Might have been trying to transition them away from drop kicks and torps?
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Drop punts back then were advised for the "unskilled" players but someone of Wayne Richardson's ilk was totally adept at stab passes, drop kicks, torps, flat punts and drop punts as well. Most blokes were I mean even Thommo was a beautiful kick of a footy and he was a ruckman!!
 

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